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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1935
Page
6
National Collegiate Athletic Association president John L. Griffith outlines rising participation and attendance in tennis golf swimming and boxing, predicts more football players in 1935, notes high gate receipts for track and field, and signals ongoing baseball revival as college sports expand across conferences and regions.
Boxing Magazine's annual ratings place Barney Ross of Chicago at the top of the lightweight division and second overall to welterweight king Jimmy McLarnin. Ross earned his high 147 pound rating through two bouts with McLarnin, winning and then losing the welterweight title in Vancouver and again in a rematch.
Kentucky led 13 4 early then 17 12 at halftime before a second half surge by the Wildcats. Leroy Ed wards scored 26 points as Chicago failed to score for eight minutes after intermission. Kentucky meets NYU at Madison Square Garden next.
Former Princeton track captain Bill Bonthron wins the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the top amateur athlete for 1934. He set a world 1500 metres record and defeated Glenn Cunningham in three of five races, edging Benjamin B. Eastman by a narrow ballot margin.
West End football squad is viewed as likely to invade Decatur as negotiations continue. A Birmingham district strong team, West End lost only one game last season a 2 0 defeat to Bessemer. Negotiations resume when the local cage team travels to Birmingham later this month.
The article argues college athletics rest on a firm foundation supported by administrators and the families of players. It expresses optimism that school and college sports will improve in both quantity and quality in the coming year despite financing challenges.
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Decatur High basketball players were recalled for 2 PM practice as the Red and Black prepare for a Birmingham invasion that opens the second half of the season. They will face Woodlawn January 9 Ramsey Tech January 10 West End January 11 and Birmingham Southern frosh January 12 in Birmingham. Additional games before exams include Hanceville January 17 Cullman January 17 St Bernard January 18 Ramsey Tech January 19 St Bernard January 22 and West End January 25 at home.
New York January 3 Nudism has become a target for the League of Decency which has despatched an amendment to the penal law to criminalize nudism on grounds of indecency. Alfred E Smith chairman announced the advisory committee’s meeting and statement.
Only one police case has appeared in police court this year. The lone defendant was arraigned this morning on a charge of violating the traffic law.
City officials warned children to stop street skating after numerous complaints. Chief C M Riggsbee said the practice endangers lives and violates the law and urged parents to help stop their children from taking grave risks.
Thad Holt, state relief administrator, notified all counties that sufficient Federal funds will be available through January 15 to aid the American Recovery Act programs.
Maj. Gen. E. J. Markham urged Secretary Dern to appropriate 156 million dollars for rivers and harbors improvements next fiscal year. A survey shows 93.8 million for FEMA authorized projects, 47.2 million for maintenance, and 29.9 million for flood control. Inland waterways development would cut transportation costs for the interior.
Persons born on this day have the power of self-control, although they do not always use it.
Rubin Pittman aged 19 and Calvin Soles aged 22 confessed to killing Trammel Steele at a Laurel Hill Florida filling station on December 20. They were jailed in Florida, later moved back to Alabama, and faced possible trial in Crestview, Florida.
Officials at the Miami Springs rinks host the eleventh annual tournament with registration hoped to exceed the 170 unen rated in 1930. Tomorrow's defending champion is Ralph Stonehouse of Indianapolis who beat Willie Dow of Miami in last year’s playoff. Eighteen holes will be played tomorrow and Saturday with 36 on Sunday.
Rev J O Hanes of Birmingham assists in a union revival at Austinville Methodist Church. Rev Franklin of the Austinville church leads as Hanes delivers a message from Acts 2 1st verse 2nd chapter urging unity and repentance and the power of the Holy Spirit.
New Orleans January 3 report states Homer Robinson Tulane center and Sugar Bowl hero is doing fine after a fractured skull accident in the New Year’s Day Tulane Temple game. Teammate Danny Testa also suffered injuries but recovered to travel with Temple back to Philadelphia.
The Alabama Supreme Court overruled Pope counsels bid for a rehearing. It reaffirmed that Judge Walter B. Jones exceeded his authority by releasing Sheriff W. Pope of DeKalb county from a jail contempt sentence on bail.
The fire touched lips and sent out a flaming evangel. Services will run several days with attendees from Decatur and West Decatur. Rev Hanes will lead the first West Decatur Methodist Church service Friday at 3 pm with open doors for all.
Chicago reports say Shaughnessy of the University of Chicago may succeed Eddie as head football coach. Harvard officials and associates note interest and possible salary. Shaughnessy weighs leaving Chicago despite strong results this season against Michigan Indiana Illinois Purdue Minnesota and Ohio State.
A 28 year old radio repairman Volk, crippled, lost his wheelchair after being helped into a car for a New Year’s celebration. Police probe whether the person known as the meanest in Chicago took the chair.
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